Wednesday, 5 October 2016

Purple Peony

As the name suggests, this challenge was set up to celebrate floral images. This challenge is the brain child of Aileen Ryan and the gorgeous graphics and watermarks were created by DT member Viv Hodge. Our first challenge is Anything Goes and this is the card I made:

I used the beautiful Altenew set, Peony Bouquet and stamped it using their purple inks. I also stamped a couple of leaves from green inks. On the card base I sponged over a swirls stencil using Scattered Straw ink, focusing the color in the bottom left corner. I also stenciled over a frame that I then popped up on foam tape.

The sentiment was foiled using my Mini Minc machine.

Thanks for visiting. Please take the time to check out the challenge and also the gorgeous floral beauties created by the design team.

Such a pretty card Karren, I have a feeling we will see lots of Altenew inspired cards in the entries too! I really love the swirly stencilled background, I am such a fan of stencils. I love the way you have added interest without taking away from the beauty of the flowers - gorgeous!

Karren, I love this set from Altenew and your created this lovely single flower in my most favorite colors. I love the detail of the shiny golden sentiment!! Beautifully framed, love the dimension of the pop up layer.XOMaria.

First of all GORGEOUS IN EVERY WAY! secondly- we have had the same mind this week apparently i.e. watch for my CTS card to post tomorrow =]I may have to edit that post to include it in this fab new challenge!Wonder if that's fair? xx=]

WOW! This is truly stunning, Karren! I love your elegant design, choice of flowers, color palette, and beautiful foiled die cut sentiment! Not to mention your stenciled background, which just takes my breath away! What a lovely work of art this is!!! You have really out-done yourself this time :)

About Me

I've been stamping regularly for about 16 years now and I love it! It's a great way to unwind after a hard week crunching numbers at my day job. My home life involves my DH and two sons, 19 and 14, as well as our dog Dexter.